Question 1 · Quick check
peacetime
CEFRB2
/ˈpiːstaɪm/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A period when a country is not fighting a war.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.
Examples
In peacetime, we worked five days a week.
Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 2
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
Deep Dive
More examples
In contextWhen the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued
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Origin
noun
From peace + time.